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Design and PorcelainWed, 21 Feb 2018 15:50:03 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.3Poland Factorieshttp://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/poland-factories/
http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/poland-factories/#respondTue, 02 Jan 2018 02:43:57 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=1160In September of 2011 I and 12 other artists were invited to attend the 35th International Ceramics Symposium “Porcelain Another Way”. The symposium took place in a small town just south of Wroclaw, Poland. Artists were split into 3 groups and assigned to a factory that could best accommodate our working style. We were given studios inside the factories and worked alongside the locals for 4 weeks. The work we created was displayed in an exhibition which traveled to several cities across Europe. Here are some images of the experience including some photos inside the other factories.
]]>http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/poland-factories/feed/0Roasterie Cup Projecthttp://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/roasterie-cup-project/
http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/roasterie-cup-project/#respondTue, 02 Jan 2018 02:29:46 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=1141Roasterie Cup was designed for The Roasterie Coffee Company in Kansas City, MO to commemorate their 20th anniversary. The images provided show the design process including various decal and cup form iterations, progress photos in studio and finished product.
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http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/landscapes/#respondTue, 02 Jan 2018 01:28:30 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=1122A series of photos exploring the nature of the repetitive nature of my work.
]]>http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/02/landscapes/feed/0Tapas Micros & Paper Plateshttp://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/01/tapas-micros-paper-plates/
http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/01/tapas-micros-paper-plates/#respondMon, 01 Jan 2018 22:08:03 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=1092Design work created for two projects Tapas Micros and Paper Plates.

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http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/01/design-play/#respondMon, 01 Jan 2018 21:36:06 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=1025Over the years I have used graphic design tools for a number of different purposes including sketching, project planning and visualization, and communicating with manufacturers for price quotes. The images shown represent examples of each, some created using Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop and some using Rhino 3D.
]]>http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/01/design-play/feed/0Signs in Eastern Europehttp://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/01/signs-in-easter-europe/
http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2018/01/01/signs-in-easter-europe/#respondMon, 01 Jan 2018 21:05:12 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=1006During my short time in Eastern Europe I was struck by the signage I noticed inside the porcelain factories I was able to visit while I was there. They are likely very old and represent a nostalgia for Soviet time that I saw in several areas of culture there. The imagery is a direct descendant of early revolutionary propaganda at the onset of the Russian Revolution in the early 1900s. The art movement known as Constructivism sought to create a universal language of symbolism and iconography, and is arguably the beginnings of the graphic design. Most of the signs shown here are common safety and evacuation however, during communist times the factory would’ve been scattered with propagandistic slogans promoting communist ideals and the value of mundane tasks.

the forefront of life for a factory worker.

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http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/2017/12/31/instagram/#respondSun, 31 Dec 2017 21:54:29 +0000http://ryanfletcherdesign.com/?p=994Instagram helps me to stay connected with friends and display the various interests that may or may not feed somehow into my art making.